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Military Medical Team Makes the 'Toughest Call' (GI IMPALED BY BOMB - courage abounds!!!)
ABC News ^
| 9/22/07
| Ruth Reiss
Posted on 09/23/2007 7:46:56 AM PDT by paulat
Unexploded Rocket-Propelled Grenade Impales Army Private in Afghanistan By RUTH REISS
[snip]
One RPG skidded past Lt. Mariani's vehicle. All of the vehicles had to quickly get out of the "kill zone." But before they could get to safety, two rockets hit Pvt. Moss' Humvee.
Staff Sgt. Eric Wynn, 33, the soldier in the front passenger seat, felt one slice through his face. Moss remembers the truck practically lift up. He was thrown up against the Humvee and then moved to return fire.
"I smelled something smoking and I looked down ... and I was smoking," he said.
Wynn turned to tell Moss where to fire and saw the tail fins of the RPG sticking out of Moss' side.
Roughly the length of a baseball bat, an RPG travels at the speed of a bullet. At the front end is the warhead -- a large grenade. The detonator and fuel are contained in the shaft. On the back are its fins, pieces of metal that stick out like legs on a camera tripod. The RPG is the weapon of choice for many of the world's guerillas.
Luckily for Moss, the company medic Spc. Jared Angell, 23, who the soldiers call "Doc," was in his Humvee
[snip]
A Human Bomb The RPG that had plowed into Moss' lower abdomen stretched from one hip to the other. If the RPG went off, it would kill everyone within 30 feet of him. Yet Angell stayed close, bandaging his wounds and stabilizing the weapon so that movement wouldn't cause it to explode.
Moss was still fully conscious, so Angell ordered him to not look down at the injury. He didn't want Moss to panic.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: Kolokotronis
Its the Hotel D’Albe. Was the cafe the St. Severin? Nice part of the city isn’t it! It might have been. Nice part of the city definitely.
1,801
posted on
10/28/2007 1:44:21 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: NonLinear
but, with a 17" screen that may have been a little large for hauling around. Our rector bought one with a 17" screen -- and yes, it's a bit large for hauling around.
1,802
posted on
10/28/2007 1:46:37 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
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To: Jet Jaguar
Howdy to you too! How are things?
1,803
posted on
10/28/2007 1:49:16 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
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To: sionnsar; LibreOuMort
How are you and LoM feeling today?
1,804
posted on
10/28/2007 1:50:10 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
To: Monkey Face
Better, but I’m still dragging.
1,805
posted on
10/28/2007 1:55:02 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: Monkey Face
^Think I’m going to go lie down for a bit.
1,806
posted on
10/28/2007 1:57:58 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
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To: sionnsar
Yah...I know that feeling.
1,807
posted on
10/28/2007 1:59:57 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
To: Monkey Face
};00þ
1,808
posted on
10/28/2007 2:44:31 PM PDT
by
rottndog
(Oh, the Wind....How It Blows....Where it starts....No One Knows....)
To: rottndog
How are things in Mordor?
1,809
posted on
10/28/2007 2:48:40 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
To: Monkey Face
It’s murder out here...simply murder.
Santa Ana conditions right now. High 80s low 90s and extremely low humidity. Just don’t have the wind now, but if feels like it could be coming.
Fires are mostly contained. Hope they can control them before the wind starts blowing again.
1,810
posted on
10/28/2007 2:56:23 PM PDT
by
rottndog
(Oh, the Wind....How It Blows....Where it starts....No One Knows....)
To: rottndog
Jeez, rottie. I’ve been praying for you and all the folks that have lost so much. It’s the best I can do. Selfishly speaking, I’m glad you were spared.
I hope that’s the end of it. According to the prognosticator, we should be having a low coming down from Alaska, soon, and heading inland in about your area, in the next few days.
Batten down the hatches and draw your cold weather gear!
1,811
posted on
10/28/2007 2:59:33 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
To: Monkey Face
I hate to be a party pooper, but I can’t seem to warm up. I’m going to bed.
See you all tomorrow.
1,812
posted on
10/28/2007 3:03:41 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's time for Hallowe'en, so practice safe hex.)
To: Monkey Face
1,813
posted on
10/28/2007 3:06:18 PM PDT
by
rottndog
(Oh, the Wind....How It Blows....Where it starts....No One Knows....)
To: Monkey Face
Bye!
The youth director hyperventilated when she saw Anoreth’s hair, but it didn’t look like anyone else really noticed. (They were being polite, I think.)
1,814
posted on
10/28/2007 3:49:14 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Moonshine and bloodshed," said Newman. "A murder by moonlight," laughed Madame de Bellegarde.)
To: Monkey Face
This is your clock on daylight savings!
1,815
posted on
10/28/2007 4:19:38 PM PDT
by
NonLinear
("They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge." -Thomas B Reed)
To: sionnsar
This screen is 7-1/2” H x 12” W, so it seems wide due to the aspect ratio.
It is very clear though with 1280 x 800 resolution.
I am really liking the dual screens where I can drag stuff back and forth. The external keyboard comes in handy, since I can center it between the screens.
All in all, I am liking it!
I’m really liking all the extensions that FireFox has available now! There is no going back to MS Internet Explorer!
1,816
posted on
10/28/2007 4:28:19 PM PDT
by
NonLinear
("They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge." -Thomas B Reed)
To: NonLinear
Nice size. I have standard corporate issue Dell D620 with 14" or 15" widescreen. Not quite usable in coach, but nice.
Dual screens are VERY nice -- that's how I have set mine up at work.
1,817
posted on
10/28/2007 4:38:32 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: sionnsar
Lost post?
1,818
posted on
10/28/2007 6:42:18 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: sionnsar
Nah, I’m just on the World Series thread.
1,819
posted on
10/28/2007 6:44:52 PM PDT
by
darkangel82
(And the band played on....)
To: darkangel82
And I’m off looking to see what’s going on in the broader Anglican world.
1,820
posted on
10/28/2007 6:58:38 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
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